A Realmgate Too Far

The recent bank holiday was a nice opportunity to get a game in - and having managed to base coat a bunch of Whigs, we figured it was worth trying a fictional battle in Monmouth's campaign - somewhere in Somerset. We've made a few modifications to the Black Powder rules to play games set in 1685 - these may get further changes over time, but at the minute it's mainly restrictions to movement, and changing the turn order a bit (Inititive Moves, Shooting, Orders, Combat). A few extra rules for grenades, scythes, etc as well. The battlefield was set out with a village at one end, a number of fields, and some hills & woodland at the other, with the Whigs occupying the village and surrounding area, and the Government forces attacking. Somewhat similar to Norton St Philip (but not exactly - mainly as it was just a case of what I'd got painted to some degree). The table from the Government lines. Government positions. Whig setup. Government forces advance towards the field...

 The majority of what I have managed to paint so far for the Monmouth Rebellion is on the Government side (for whatever reason). A few general notes - the vast majority of figures I have for this conflict are from Wargames Foundry. Though an older range than some, they have charm and, more importantly, are rather enjoyable to paint. There should really be more infantry with matchlocks/firelocks than pikes, and more flags than at present, but not to worry too much about that for now! I may come back and add a few more models to units once I have a sufficient amount of stuff painted for both sides. The 1st Regiment of Foot Guards The 1st Foot Guards were raised in 1656 by Charles II while he was in exile. Raised as the Royal Regiment of Guards, they were initially commanded by Henry Wilmot (Lord Rochester), then by Thomas Wentworth. They fought at the Battle of the Dunes at Dunkirk against the French, and remained in the Netherlands until Dunkirk was sold to the French. Returning to ...

 After a good degree of quiet on this blog, let’s see if I can add something more consistent!  While it may not come through on previous posts (and by the name of the blog), I do a lot of historical wargaming (painting, etc) as well as Warhammer/Fantasy/Sci-fi stuff. This is a somewhat eclectic mix of periods, but a lot of it is horse and musket, Napoleonic, and 19th century era conflicts. What can I say, I’m a sucker for a musket and a good set of gaiters. The Monmouth Rebellion is one of the more recent ones I’ve been working on (over the last year or so). The rebellion itself occurred in 1685 (alongside the Argyll Uprising). Many folk will be familiar with at least the name and some broad sweeps of the history. OMy interest was actually spurred on my one of Helion’s wargaming books, One King, by Stephen Carter (alongside Carter’s other book from Helion on the Monmouth Rebellion, Fighting for Liberty). While I’d always liked the look of the wider era, this pushed me over the...

 And… yet another long gap there. I haven’t been very active online (here or social media) for a while - mainly work related excuses, changing job, trying to sort out moving house, etc etc. Anyway… I have been painting away in between these spread out posts though, and getting the odd game in here and there. A mix of Games Workshop stuff (mainly 40K and AoS) and historical (War of the Triple Alliance, some Romans and Gauls, some Wars of the Roses models, a few other things), so I should have plenty of stuff around to photograph and add here. Let’s see if I actually do that. On the “most recent things” front: The new edition of 40K came out a couple of weeks ago (seems not long since the last one? Though I might be wrong and its the usual GW cycle…) and we managed to snag a copy of Leviathan. Kati has taken the Tyranids, and is making her way through c. 2000pts with the help of contrast paints. I’ve been working on the Space Marine side. But what colour are the Marines, I hear you c...